An analysis of the lifeloads of first year engineering students
Professional degree programs, such as Engineering, are notorious for placing considerable demands upon their students. Balancing study and work is a challenge faced by an increasing number of undergraduate students. In order to assist students to manage this balance it is important to know how thi...
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| Online Access: | http://otl.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2009/abstracts.html http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31597 |
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| author | Lindsay, Euan Rogers, Helen |
| author2 | Bev Oliver |
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| description | Professional degree programs, such as Engineering, are notorious for placing considerable demands upon their students. Balancing study and work is a challenge faced by an increasing number of undergraduate students. In order to assist students to manage this balance it is important to know how this compromise varies from student to student. This paper presents data gathered from first year engineering students regarding the hours they spend each week in study, paid employment and volunteer work. A substantial variation across the cohort is shown for all three factors. The data also shows variation in these factors with respect to the week of semester, with time commitments growing independently early in semester, and study somewhat taking the place of paid employment later in the semester. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-315972017-01-30T13:26:18Z An analysis of the lifeloads of first year engineering students Lindsay, Euan Rogers, Helen Bev Oliver Professional degree programs, such as Engineering, are notorious for placing considerable demands upon their students. Balancing study and work is a challenge faced by an increasing number of undergraduate students. In order to assist students to manage this balance it is important to know how this compromise varies from student to student. This paper presents data gathered from first year engineering students regarding the hours they spend each week in study, paid employment and volunteer work. A substantial variation across the cohort is shown for all three factors. The data also shows variation in these factors with respect to the week of semester, with time commitments growing independently early in semester, and study somewhat taking the place of paid employment later in the semester. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31597 http://otl.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2009/abstracts.html Pilpel Print fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Lindsay, Euan Rogers, Helen An analysis of the lifeloads of first year engineering students |
| title | An analysis of the lifeloads of first year engineering students |
| title_full | An analysis of the lifeloads of first year engineering students |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of the lifeloads of first year engineering students |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of the lifeloads of first year engineering students |
| title_short | An analysis of the lifeloads of first year engineering students |
| title_sort | analysis of the lifeloads of first year engineering students |
| url | http://otl.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2009/abstracts.html http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31597 |